Cartago (pronunciation kärtä'gō) is a ceety in soothwastren Colombie, aboot 187 miles wast o Bogotá. It is in the extreme northren portion o Valle del Cauca. It is locatit vera close tae the ceety o Pereira, aboot a 20 minute drive. It is the fowert lairgest ceety in Valle efter Cali, Palmira, an Tuluá. In 2003, it haed a population o approximately 132,000 inhabitants.

The University o Valle haes a branch campus in Cartago. The main Universidad del Valle campus is based in Cali, the depairtment caipital. The Cartago branch campus address is locatit at Calle 10 N° 19-05.